Good day!
As the man page shows --protocol not --proto, also do so in the usage
text displayed by ip[6]tables -h.
Attached patch does the change.
Best regards
Mart
>From b93b66aed17fb53fd3c5b4787694f1bf99a585a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mart Frauenlob <mart.frauenlob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:51:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Show --protocol instead of --proto in usage text.
---
iptables/ip6tables.c | 2 +-
iptables/iptables.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iptables/ip6tables.c b/iptables/ip6tables.c
index 4cfbea3..d150a7b 100644
--- a/iptables/ip6tables.c
+++ b/iptables/ip6tables.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ exit_printhelp(const struct xtables_rule_match *matches)
"Options:\n"
" --ipv4 -4 Error (line is ignored by ip6tables-restore)\n"
" --ipv6 -6 Nothing (line is ignored by iptables-restore)\n"
-"[!] --proto -p proto protocol: by number or name, eg. `tcp'\n"
+"[!] --protocol -p proto protocol: by number or name, eg. `tcp'\n"
"[!] --source -s address[/mask][,...]\n"
" source specification\n"
"[!] --destination -d address[/mask][,...]\n"
diff --git a/iptables/iptables.c b/iptables/iptables.c
index 085eea1..79fa37b 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables.c
+++ b/iptables/iptables.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ exit_printhelp(const struct xtables_rule_match *matches)
"Options:\n"
" --ipv4 -4 Nothing (line is ignored by ip6tables-restore)\n"
" --ipv6 -6 Error (line is ignored by iptables-restore)\n"
-"[!] --proto -p proto protocol: by number or name, eg. `tcp'\n"
+"[!] --protocol -p proto protocol: by number or name, eg. `tcp'\n"
"[!] --source -s address[/mask][...]\n"
" source specification\n"
"[!] --destination -d address[/mask][...]\n"
--
1.7.2.5